Low BP During Sleep

[asdfkj]

Hi all!

I started using a 24-hour BP monitor just this week. It takes a reading every 30min.

I'm seeing 2-3 periods of very low BPs each night, with diastolic in the 40s or high 30s (normally 75 in daytime).

Systolic is less abnormal during those dips ranging from 80s-100s (normally 120 in daytime).

The dips seep to last 30-90min each.

Outside the dips, sleeping BP is about 20% lower than daytime, as you'd expect.

During the dips, I often suddenly wake (from a deep sleep, for no apparent reason) with numb hands and swollen fingers.

 

I wonder...do any of you get have dips in BP while sleeping? Or wake up with numb/swollen hands?

 

 

Thanks!

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[Sushi]

Just a thought--are you able to record your heart rate as well during sleep and is there any correspondence? Also, have you had your oxygen saturation monitored during sleep? There are hope tests that will do this.

[Macho319]

Hello! I have hypotension (Low BP) only in left and right lateral positions. It would wake me up from a dead sleep. I would feel like I was going to faint. Now when I lie down on my right or left, I immediately feel a shift feeling, get short of breath and my heart beat changes. When I measure my BP I’m at 88/41. Any other position my blood pressure is normal. I cannot believe that not one single doctor can explain this. 

[DADofPotsSon]

More than 15 years ago my Son#2 who at the time had POTS, had occasionally at about 02:15 to O2:45 a seizure while in his sleep. This started when he was about 18 years old.  This went on for about a year or so and Dr. Grubb ordered a sleep study.  The results showed it was caused by Hypopnea in the deep sleep.  When this happened his blood pressure dropped into the high 70's over low 60's.  

DADofPotsSon